Feature Specific Menu Items

These actions are available for the list of features discovered from the spatial database. More than one feature can be selected by using the shift and control keys.

Note: When querying features from a spatial database, it is not possible to select which properties to query. All properties must be queried so they can be posted back properly. The Import dialog can be used to create a read-only connection to the spatial database and optionally select with properties to import.

Note: If the spatial database connection was opened as part of a Bentley Map project, then the symbology options will not be available as they are defined in the project itself.

Note: For 3D design files, Data Streaming works only in the top view. When panning or zooming streaming features in a non-top view, an error message will be displayed indicating features are not being streamed. The variable GDI_STREAMING_ERROR_DIALOG_TIMEOUT can be set to define the number of seconds the dialog should be displayed. Set to 0 to not display at all. The default is 3 seconds.

Remove Features	Display Edit Feature Definitions dialog to remove selected features from the Connection
Data Streaming On	Turns Data Streaming on for the selected features
Data Streaming Off	Turns Data Streaming off for the selected features
Query	Displays the Query features dialog with the selected features enabled Using the Search tool causes the query results to be displayed in the Data Browser. No features are queried into the active session. The Data Browser tools can then be used to find the selected feature(s) and locate those features in the view. If the feature has not yet been queried into the DGN, the Data Browser will query the selected row and then center it in the view.
Post	Displays the Post features dialog with the selected features enabled
Lock	Displays the Lock features dialog with the selected features enabled
Unlock	Displays the Unlock features dialog with the selected features enabled
Discard Changes	Displays the Discard Changes features dialog with the selected features enabled
Erase Cached Instances	Displays the Erase Features dialog with the selected features enabled
Search	Opens the Search dialog to create a custom search.
Hide Properties	Hides the list of feature properties
Show Properties	Shows the properties associated with the feature. They can be ungrouped or grouped according to name, whether they are selected or by type.